ALT A printed page from the Learning and Skills Research Network titled "AmplifyFE Insights Report." The text explains how infographic case studies and podcasts make research more accessible for busy educators. It features two figures: an example infographic case study and a screenshot of a related podcast episode.
Not quite at my beloved club, but just down the road! Great spending time at #Fitzgerald Contractors for the 2nd of 3 sessions using Gen AI for business.
Prompt craft, @NotebookLM analysis/creation and how @Copilot saves time and gives us polished business documents on the menu.
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Excellent article in Guardian comparing the UK / Dutch approaches to NEET young people - championing the absolute necessity of quality vocational education in partnership with employers. #FE folk have been suggesting this for years!
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Digital media disseminate #FEResearch efficiently to a wide audience. It's always brilliant to receive a paper copy of a journal you're lucky to have a chapter in though. Thanks to the amazing #LSRN community, peer reviewers, editors for bringing this diverse, exciting collection
ALT An open research report from the latest LSRN publication resting on a wooden surface, with its front cover booklet placed diagonally across the right-hand page.
The text on the cover reads: "Research to transgress: flourishing voices in further education and skills. PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES AND REFLECTIVE ANALYSES FROM LSRN NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025," featuring the logo for the Learning and Skills Research Network.
The open pages underneath (pages 66 and 67) display academic text columns and two figures: "Figure 1," which shows an "AmplifyFE Insights Report Case Study" graphic about an AI translation project at Hull College, and "Figure 2," which shows a snippet for a podcast episode titled "Researching the Potential of AI."
Putting the finishing touches to a series of GenAI for Business sessions for new clients in Birmingham.
We're investigating the value/challenges of ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Notebook LM and Copilot using a wide range of business scenarios.
#LoveFE#AI#GenAI#Skills#DigitalSkills
ALT Google Notebook LM interface menu featuring nine rounded rectangular buttons arranged in two columns. Each button includes a thematic icon on the left, a text label, and a circular button with a right-pointing arrow on the right.
The categories listed are:
Audio Overview (light blue)
Video Overview (light green)
Reports (tan)
Quiz (light teal)
Data Table (light indigo)
Slide Deck (light yellow, marked with a black "BETA" tag)
Mind Map (light pink)
Flashcards (light peach)
Infographic (light purple, marked with a black "BETA" tag)
I think Ofsted has become so toxic now that it cannot be effectively reformed. It needs to be disbanded. The dfe then needs to work with teachers, unions, headteachers etc. and produce an accountability system that is meaningful without creating this inordinate stress.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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In case you haven’t signed the two #firework petitions, here’s the links again. The Parliamentary debate is 19th January, but more signatures would still add weight to the campaign.
Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only. It has over 187,000 signatures.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels. It has over 177,000 signatures.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
You can write to your MP asking them to attend the debate using the link below. Please write, it’s the only way MPs are accountable to their constituents. writetothem.com/#fireworklawchange
As the year draws to a close, we’re grateful for everyone who has stood with us to protect animals from cruelty.
Your compassion gives hope to wildlife who deserve safety and peace.
Let’s make sure kindness reaches every corner of the countryside. leagueacs.co.uk/W7ZS9
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Please everyone help. I am trying to do a Christmas miracle and make someone happy. Yesterday (21/12/25) in @Bullring we found this lost platinum wedding band. It is name and date engraved, and has more detail. I want to reunite it with its rightful owner. Retweets might help.
If results day hasn’t brought you what you were expecting
Remember
Your results are not your worth
One grade cannot define the miles you’ve walked the kindness you’ve shown,
or the dreams still waiting for you
You are more than a mark on paper
and your story is still unfolding
Excellent #ITE#Community of Practice event today from #SET on future of Assessment in ITE
Excellent presentations / discussions on using Poster Conferences as Assessment and Impacts of #AI on Assessment in ITE.
Highly recommended if you've not joined before.
#loveFE#AmplifyFE
Wrapping up the final Award in Education and Training for this academic year with 3 brilliant microteaching sessions on Beekeeping Safely, Technical Drawing and Beginners' Crochet.
Some welcome positive feedback from the lovely @HWGTA cohort, too! #loveFE#AmplifyFE
ALT This image is a four-panel collage.
The top left panel shows two individuals in a classroom setting wearing a full white beekeeper suit with a netted hood, seated at a desk.
The top right panel shows a close-up of hands working on a crochet project at a wooden table. There's a ball of burgundy yarn and a small red crochet hook, with some pink yarn strands. On the table are three completed knitted or crocheted items: a light blue figure with intertwining loops, an orange octopus with visible eyes and tentacles, and a green and yellow striped lizard-like creature.
The bottom left panel depicts two individuals at a light wooden table engaging in a technical drawing activity using rulers, pencils and graph paper.
The bottom right panel displays a word cloud with various adjectives. The most prominent words, in larger font sizes, are "relevant," "friendly," "informative," "enjoyable," and "useful."
Great to see a new draft #AI Literacy Framework for learners hot off the presses from #EU/#OECD
4 essential domains: Engaging, Creating, Managing and Designing with AI - secondary standards will be valuable for #FE learners.
#loveFE#AmplifyFE#AIinFEailiteracyframework.org/wp-c…
ALT A cartoon image depicts a group of 4 students and a teacher in a classroom . The teacher stands to the left of a laptop, explaining something. 2 students are seated at a table in front of her. Another student sits to the right of the laptop, smiling and the fourth student stands on the far right, holding a book titled "AI Lit" and wearing headphones.
Behind them, on a whiteboard, a flowchart diagram is visible. To the right of the whiteboard, there's a shelf with books and a globe.
Below the illustration, the title "Empowering Learners for the Age of AI" is prominently displayed, followed by the subtitle "An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education." At the bottom of the image, the logos for the European Commission, OECD, and Code.org are present, with "With Support From" above the Code.org logo.
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It's time to set a Guinness World Record.
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Very interesting reading on new @ofsted proposals and an apparent lack of consistency between what education professionals and parents were asked and how ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Last week I raised some concern about Ofsted’s proposed inspection reforms by referencing other people’s analysis of the Big Listen data. Those findings suggested the consultation was used selectively to drive some of the framework proposals whilst other solutions were ignored...